republicans say exit polls suggesting seniors favored mitt romney by 56-44% show they didn't reject republican ideas on changing medicare. today's meeting just the first in a series before mr. obama meets with congressional leaders on friday. he will meet with business leaders and civic leaders tomorrow and. as part of a different strategy that he used in last year's deficit reduction talks that failed when he and leaders of congress holed up here at the white house and spent late nights trying to hammer out an agreement. this time the president will use public pressure and public appearances in addition to white house arm-twisting to make it clear that the voters agreed with his plan to end bush administration tax cuts for upper income people. jenna? jenna: private arm-twisting, public statements. we'll see if the strategy works this time. wendell, thank you. rick: coming up, we talked about how u.s. shale, that is kind of sedimentary rock, may hold the key to our country's energy independence. now, find out the region of the country that could see a major boom because of it. >>> also the ira